Value Creation Manager (Transactions Advisory)

Job Title: Value Creation Manager (Transactions Advisory)
Location: Remote / Travel as needed
Duration: Contract / Project-Based

Role Overview

Value Creation Manager to support buy-side and sell-side transaction engagements, with a focus on carve-outs and standalone readiness. This role sits within a transactions advisory team and is responsible for helping clients validate, optimize, and realize value throughout the transaction lifecycle.
This is a high-impact, client-facing role ideal for professionals with strong experience in transaction advisory, operational consulting, and separation planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support carve-out and standalone transaction engagements
• Conduct standalone, one-time, and stranded cost assessments
• Perform synergy and interdependency analysis
• Support separation planning and readiness assessments
• Assist in Transition Service Agreement (TSA) development and scheduling
• Support operating model design and optimization
• Manage multiple engagements simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and quality
• Prepare executive-level reports, presentations, and client deliverables
• Perform detailed analysis to identify value creation opportunities
• Collaborate across cross-functional workstreams
• Mentor junior team members and support team development
• Contribute to internal training and knowledge-sharing initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field (MBA preferred)
• 6+ years of experience in one or more of the following:
  • Management consulting
  • Transaction advisory
  • Corporate development
• Strong experience in M&A, carve-outs, integration, or separation work
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects in fast-paced environments

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, CPA, CMA, or similar certifications
• Experience supporting private equity or strategic transactions
• Background in operating model design or transformation initiatives

Additional Details

• Client-facing role with exposure to senior stakeholders
• High-visibility transaction engagements
• Travel required as needed

Sample Experience (Redacted Example 1)

Transaction Advisory / Value Creation Consultant (Contract)
Oct 2025 Present

• Supported deal management office (DMO) activities including governance structure, workstream charters, steering committees, and executive reporting across a large cross-border carve-out engagement
• Conducted standalone, stranded, and one-time cost assessments across IT and functional workstreams
• Built TSA schedules including service scoping, cost estimation, and exit timeline planning for legal and counterparty review
• Performed synergy identification and tracking across Day 1 and Day 100 targets
• Mapped interdependencies across IT, finance, supply chain, and HR functions to identify critical path activities and sequencing requirements
• Developed executive-level reports and presentations for senior leadership and private equity stakeholders
• Supported and mentored junior team members across workstreams

Sample Experience (Redacted Example 2)

Independent Transaction Finance & Value Creation Consultant
Mar 2020 Present

• Supported synergy identification, valuation, and post-close tracking across acquisition and integration workstreams
• Developed pro forma financial statements and transaction models to support integration planning and decision-making
• Identified and analyzed redundant activities, stranded costs, and overlapping cost structures following acquisitions
• Supported integration planning standard operating procedures (SOPs) for acquisition-heavy environments
• Served as interim FP&A and corporate development support across multiple organizations, including:
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
  • Board reporting and executive dashboards
  • KPI development and performance tracking
  • Cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning
• Built operating models and supported PE-backed transaction processes including CIM support and synergy tracking
• Assisted in valuation modeling, merger analysis, and pro forma affordability assessments for strategic transactions
• Developed monthly reporting packages and long-range planning models for PE-owned and portfolio companies